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Patented Sep. 19,1871.

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iMPROVEMENT IN MAGAZINE FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,115, datedSeptember 19, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW BURGESS, of the city of New York, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Breech-Loading Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to improve and simplify that class ofbreech-loading fire-arms which are used as self-loaders by having amagazine connected therewith, or as a single-loader when the operatormay wish or the magazine shall be empty; and it consists in theconstruction, arrangement, and combination of the parts hereinafter setforth and described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure'l represents a vertical longitudinalsection of the gun taken on the line to w of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section taken on the line a; w of Fig. 4. Fig. 3is a cross-section of Fig. 1 on the line 2 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionof Fig. 2 on the line y y.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspond ing parts.

A is the bed-piece, into which the barrel B is received, and whichcontains the breech-block O and supports the operating mechanism of thegun. D is the hammer. E is the tumbler. The breech-block is connectedwith the tumbler E by the link I. The hammer is attached to the tumblerby a square socket on the side of the stock in the ordinary manner. J isthe trigger. J is the dog, which engages with thetumbler. Kis the mainspring. The link I is pivoted to the breechblock and to the tumbler, asseen in Fig. 2.

As the hammer is drawn back in the act of cooking the gun the tumbler isturned back and the breech-block is brought down and the breech openedby means of this connecting-link. The dog is detached from the tumblerby the trigger, which, as it is drawn back, strikes the setscrew L, thehammer strikes the dischargingpin, seen in dotted lines, and the pieceis discharged.

m is the dog-spring. It will be seen that by the act of cocking the gunthe breech is opened. In drawing the hammer a little further than a fullcock the retracter is operated. N is the upright retracter-bar and therod connected there with, and actuated by the hammer, is seen incross-section at 0. The retracter in this case is similar to thatrepresented in my pending case marked A. 1? represents themagazine-tube. q is the spiral spring, and R is the follower connectedwith the spring. The cartridge is delivered opposite to thebreech-chamber, as seen in Fig. 1, by the spiral spring, and is held inthat position by the small spring 8. T is the pusher, which is attachedto the sliding guiderod u. .i

As seen in Fig. 1, the piece has been dis charged. The act of pullingthe trigger and discharging the piece closes the breech, which turns thetop of the pusher outward, raising the small spring .9, which therebyallows the car tridge to rest against the pusher, which is kept fromrunning back by a slight depression in the breech-block, seen at T; buton opening the breech, by pulling the hammer to full cock, the force ofthe spiral spring of the magazine runs the pusherback, the cartridgestill resting against the pusher until the breech-block, by the hammerbeing carried beyond the full-cock notch, strikes the set-screw u in thelever c, which throws the cartridge 011 the top of the breechblock, thepoint of the pusher still projecting over sufficient to drive thecartridge forward into the breech, by means of the upper end of thetrigger, which rests against the back of the pusher when the trigger ispulled. WVhen the cartridge reaches home the wide back part of thetrigger strikes the set-screw L of the dog J, and so pulls off anddischarges the piece by the hammer striking the discharging-pin in thebreech-block.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination and arrangement of the hammer D,tumbler E, link I, and breech-block G, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. The pusher T, breech-block 0, spring 8,

trigger J, and lever 1 arranged and operating 5. The combination oftrigger J and pusher as described. T 10, arranged to operate asspecified.

3. The pusher T, arranged to operate the spring ANDREW BURGESS. S and.thereby release the cartridge from the magazine, as described.Witnesses:

4. The breech-block G and bent lever v, ar- T. B. MOSHER, ranged tooperate as specified, for the purpose ALEX. F. ROBERTS. (33.)

of moving the cartridge laterally.

